Tuesday, September 4, 2012

This past month has been crazy. If you include my trips to Korea and Okinawa, I was travelling for over a month and a half straight (with a few days of work here and returning to Kitakyushu here and there). August in particular was hectic--fun, but definitely exhausting. I have several blog posts and pictures I want to post, but for now at least, I'm going to give an overview of where I went.

7/13 Kitakyushu, Japan -> Busan, South Korea

7/14 Busan -> Boryeong, South Korea (by bus to Boryeong Mud Festival)

7/15 Boryeong -> Busan

7/17 Busan -> Kitakyushu

7/23 Kitakyushu -> Naha, Okinawa

7/27 Naha -> Kitakyushu

7/30 Kitakyushu (Kokura) -> Hiroshima, Japan

7/31 Hiroshima -> Tokyo, Japan

8/3 Tokyo -> Nikko, Japan -> Tokyo

8/5 Tokyo (Haneda) -> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

8/7 KL -> Chiang Mai, Thailand

8/10 Chiang Mai -> Luang Prabang, Laos

8/12 LP -> 8/13 Vientiane, Laos (by bus)

8/14 Vientiane -> Siem Reap, Cambodia

8/17 Siem Reap -> Bangkok, Thailand (by bus)

8/19 Bangkok -> Surat Thani -> Ko Samui (airplane + ferry)

8/20 Ko Samui -> Ko Pha Ngan (ferry)

8/24 Ko Pha Ngan -> Surat Thani -> Bangkok (ferry + airplane)

8/26 Bangkok -> Singapore

8/27 Singapore -> Batam, Indonesia -> Singapore (ferry)

8/28 Singapore -> Penang, Malaysia (by bus)

8/30 Penang -> KL (by bus)

8/31 KL -> Tokyo (Haneda)

9/1 Tokyo (Narita) -> San Francisco, California, USA

Quick stats:

8 countries

6 during the Southeast Asian trip, 4 new (3 for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos + 1 for day trip to Indonesia from Singapore)